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Patented June 2, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CALCULATING MACHINE ration of New York Original application May 9, 1933, Serial No. 670,114. Divided and this application June 17, 1938, Serial No.,214,301

11 Claims.

This application is a division of the copending application SerialNo. 670,114, iiled May 9, 1933, and issued as Patent 2,172,071.

This invention relates to devices for setting up and entering balances in a tabulating machine.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved form of data set up and entering device of the ten key operated type. The data set upmay be printed by operation of the tabulating machine.

Another object is to disclose means for setting up electrical connections to control the accumulating operation of a tabulating machine.

Another object of the present invention is to adapt a tabulating machine for the reception of sion and restoration of each key of a series of keys used in setting .up data. for entry in a tabulator.

The ten key mechanism in the machine comprises a differential mechanism for setting a series of rack slides,- one at a time, to` represent the numbers of the depressed keys. Each rack slide carries a pair of contacts, one adaptedto contact with a common contact bar and the other settable opposite any one of ten impulse carrying` bars. Normally the contacts are out of touch with the bars, but at the proper time the bars are rocked into cooperation with the adjusted contacts.

The adjusting arm of the differential mechanism is conveyed across the machine on a carriage which moves step by step as the keys are operated. Tabulating stops may be arranged to locate the 'carriage inv predetermined columnar positions. The carriage may be stepped by a space key and restoredby` a, 'carriage return lever which also-serves in back-spacing. v

After the rack slides are adjusted, they are latched in position by individual pawls cooperating with the rack teeth. The same teeth mesh y of the latches so that they may be lifted out of the path of the bail if it is desired to repeal any part of the data set up.

The keyboard is operated to set up the old balance appearing at the :end of the list of amounts recorded on the ledger sheet placed in the tabulating machine. Then a balance key`is depressed to run the tabulating and direct impulses through the ten bars in the set up device and through the accumulators in the tabulator in accordance with the number set up on the keyboard. Thus, the balance is added in the tabulator.

Next, the tabulator is started in regular listing operation to add and record the items represented on the perforated cards. As each card is sensed the amount thereon is added in the accumulator and printed on the ledger sheet with accompanying identification data such as date, operators number, name, etc. Thus, the new items, added by means of the tabulating devices, are added to the balance inserted by means lof the keyboard controlled devices.

Before each card is sensed for addition and item printing, it is sensed to record the group number or ledger number. This number may be printed on a separate strip of paper vor in a separate column on the ledger sheet. Thus, with the entry of data of each item there is printed the identification of the following item.

When the vlast card of a group appears in the tabulator and a group change occurs, the data on the last card is added and recorded, the group number of the iirst card of the incoming group is recorded, and the machine is conditioned for a total taking operation.

the tabulator, another ledger sheet is inserted corresponding to the group number printed with the last item of the previous run. The keyboard is operated to set up the old balance and' the cycle of operation outlined hereinbefore is re, peated.

Other objects and advantages of the present I invention are noted hereinafter in the description and drawings which form part of this specication.

In the'drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation view of the tabulator with the keyboard mechanism attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a detail view ofthe clutch connections and contacts which are operated for balance entry.

3 is a sectional elevation view of the ten key keyboard data entering devices.

Fig. 3a is a front elevation view showing the de- After the total is Aprinted and the ledger sheet is removed from tails of construction of the escapement pawls, the carriage frame and the back space mechanism.

Fig. 3b is a side elevation view of the carriage frame and the escapement pawls assembled thereon.- l I .Fig. 4 is a detail view of the error key mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the numeral keys and the cooperating depression control devices. v

Fig. 6 is a view of sample records; the one being a ledger sheet and the other a strip for receiving ledger numbers. j

Fig. 7 -is a front elevation view of the data entering mechanism with a section of the case vremoved and other parts broken to reveal the construction. Y I

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the key controlled differential mechanism and the column selecting carriage.

Fig. 9 shows the tabulating key controls which form part of the data entering means.

Fig. 10 is a detail view of the spacing key devices.

Fig. 11 is a sectional elevation view of the devices controlling the operation of the contacts for preventing back circuits during balance entry.

Fig. 12 is a side, view; partly in section, of two orders of the accumulating devices.

Fig. 12A is a detail view of the transferrin devices in the accumulator.

Fig. 13 is a sectional elevation view of the tabulator, and shows the main operating mechanism, the printing mechanism and the accumulating devices.

Fig. 14 is a wiring diagram vof the machine.

The keyboard or data entering mechanism is attached to the tabulator` by means of brackets 2| and 22, Fig. 1, secured to the base 23 of the tabulator. The two main side frames 24 and 25, Figs. 3, 7, and 8, of the entering mechanism are supported on the brackets and carry between them many operating shafts, and castings 26 and 21, Fig. 3forming ways for a carriage and support for the upper frame 280i the keyboard. A case 29 covers most of the mechanism except for openings through which various Alevers extend for manipulation.

'I'he keyboard comprises a set'of ten numeral keys and four special keys as shown in Figs. 'I

and 8. 'I'he stems 30 of the keys are guided at the upper end in the upper frame 28, and at the lower end are located by slots in a plate 3l which is secured to frame 28 by means of side pieces 32.

Referring to the detail view in Fig. 5, it isl noted that the side of a numeral key stem 30'is cut with two sets of oppositely facing ratchet teeth 33 and 34. i Cooperating with the ratchet teeth are apair of pawls 35 and 36 which are pivoted on a rod 31 supported between bars 38 )secured to the underside of frame 28. A spring 39 between the pawls, urges them into engagement with the teeth, but one orv the other of the pawls is heldout of engagement by a threearmed lever- 40 pivoted on rod 31. 'I'he overturned end 4| of lever 40 cooperates with shoulders 42 traction of the key. `When the `keyisfully depressed, shoulder 42 strikes lever 46 and rocks it counterclockwise, pushing pawl v36 out and.

'a numeral key must be fully depressed and fully restored for each digit entering operation.

An over-center rdevice holds the lever 40 in either of the two operated positions. The pointed end of a pear=shaped detent 46 fits'into a hole in the overturned end 4I of lever 40. 'I'he detent is placed ina circular hole in a bar 41 and is vfree to oscillate therein about the large endwhich is contacted by a leaf spring 48 on the bar. The spring urges the detent forward and tends to hold the lever 40 in a raised or lowered position, thereby ,conditioning either pawl 36 or pawl A35 for operation. l

A single'key interlock prevents the operation of more than one of the fourteen keys (te numeral keys and four special keys) at a time. Once a key is depressed a slight amount, al1 the other keys are locked until said key is fully depressed and restored; 'I'he end of each key stem is cut out to form aslot 49 (Fig. 5) the upper edge of which cooperates with cam "faces on pendants 50 mounted on trunnions 5I pivoted and 43 cut in the side of the key stem; and the 'cent pendants 50 abut each other through the openings 49 in the keys, s0 that when a lkey is depressed and the two pendants (one pendant in the case of keys at the sides) cooperating therewith are rocked, the motion thereof is communicatedy to all of the other pendants. Thus all the pendants, except those cooperating with the depressed key, are moved to a position wherein the pointed ends obstruct and prevent downward movement of the other keys until the depressed key is restored to the normal position. The special keys, Fi-gs. 4, 9 and 10, are provided with stems 53 shaped to conform with the ends of the numeral key stems 30, and it is through these( stems 53 that thespecial keys are equipped to cooperate with the interlocking pendants. The pendants are mounted between the keys, and the pendant at the end of a row cooperates with a two-armed lever 54, Fig. 7, which transmits the motion from one row of keys to the next row. Depression of onev key moves all the pendants under the. upper edges of slots 49 on all the other keys and stems 53. 1

Each of the numeral "ey stems 30 is cut with a notch 55, Figs. 3 'and to receive one end of a differential leverv 56. The levers are pivoted on studs 51 secured to casting 21, and at the right end, Fig. 3, have operating faces 58 adapted to cooperate with pins 59 arranged at differential distances away from said faces. Springs 60'hold and restore the key stems and levers 56 in normal position. The pin 59 cooperating with vthe lever 56 operated by the 9 key, is in contact with the face 58 and therefore will partake of the full movement of the key; while the other pins vary in distance from their respective operating faces -v which a slotted bar 64 is swung. Thus, the bar 34, thereby preventing partial depression and re- 64 is raised a differential distance depending on which key'ot theten numeral keys is depressed. An operatingarm 65, Figs. 3 and 8, extending through bar 64 1s adapted to be moved by the bar at any position along the slot. This arm is slidably mounted on a shaft 66 and is moved along the shaft by a pair of spaced extensions 61 on a carriage 68, the movements of which are described hereinafter. y

The end of the arm 65, Fig. 3, extends into a slot 69 cut in the side of a rack slide 10 which is guided for vertical movement on slotted shafts 1| and 12. A number of such slides 10 are mounted side by side, one for each order oir bank of the data entering mechanism. The operating arm 65 is adapted to lift one after another of said rack slides into a numeral registering position. The lower ends of the slides are located and gui-ded by a groove in a bar 13.

The carriage 68 moves the arm 65 from the left side of the machine, Fig. 8, towards the right in setting up a number, When a numeral key reaches the end of its downward movement, and a slide 10 is brought into adjusted position by arm 65, the carriage escapes one column space, and arm 65 is shifted to the right andcontacts the side of a division plate 95 before cooperating with the next slide 10. A leaf spring 14, Figs. 3 and 8, yieldingly holds the arm 65, which is loose on a block between extensions 61, against the division plate as the arm is lowered, until the end of the arm arrives oppositethe slot 69. The arm 65 then snaps over to engage the next slide and is ready to adjust the same when any numeral key is depressed.

A series of pawls 16, Fig. 3, one for each slide 10, are pivoted on a rod 11 and cooperate with the rack teeth 18 on the side of the slides 10 to hold them in adjusted position. An operating link 19 is pivoted on each of the pawls 16 and serves to operate the pawls and release the slides at the end of an operation. A spring 80 holds the pawl against the rack. The links 19 are operated also to cause repeating and correction of data settings in a manner described hereinafter.

Each of the rack slides 10 carries an insulation block 8|, Fig. 3, to which is riveted a spring metal conducting member 82 carrying a pair of contacts 83 and 84. A spring 85 is fastened between the block 8| and a portion of the machine frame and tends to restore the slides 10 when they are released Iby pawls 16.

The lower contact 84 is adapted to cooperate with a vertical contact strip 86, and the upper contact 83 may be brought into touch with any one of ten horizontal conducting bars 81 mounted above strips 86 and insulated from each other. The contacts 83 and 84 are normally out of engagement with the bars 81 and strips 86, contact being made only after all the slides are adjusted and the tabulating portion of the mechanism is adapted to receive the data set up. The bars 81 and strips 86 are carried between a pair of levers 88, Figs. 3 and 7, pivoted on a shaft 89. A pair of cross bars 90 and 9| are rsecured to the levers 88 and between them hold the con-- ducting bars, the strips, and the insulation bars 92. To the ends of the bars 81 are attached wires leading to an emitter for directing timed impulses through said bars in synchronism with the operation of the tabulating accumulating mechanism. A plug connection 93 is made to each contact strip 86 by a wire 94 leading to an accumulator control magnet. The electrical control .of the contact devices shown in Fig. 3 are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the wiring diagram.

The machine is provided with devices for indicating the data set up, so that correction may -be made before entry. The rack 18, Fig. 3, on each slide 10 cooperates with a gear segment 96 pivoted on a shaft 91. The segment is formed with a sector 98 having a iiange 99 upon which numerals are impressed. The flange moves near a horizontal window |00 in the case 29 through which is exhibited the numerical setting of all the slides.

The carriage 68 mentioned hereinbefore is moved step by step under control of the keys in order to move the arm into cooperation with one after another of the slides 10. Rollers |0| pivoted on the carriage 68 are conned in ways cut into the castings 26 and 21. A pair of pawls |02 and |03, Figs. 3, 7 and 8, are pivoted at |04 and |05 on the carriage and depend into engagement with a rack |06 mounted on a pair of arms |01 pivoted on a shaft'l08.

The carriage is urged to the right along the rack |06 by a spring drum |09, Fig, 7, connected by a band ||0 drawn over a pulley and fastened to the carriage. A spring ||2, Fig. `9, normally holds arms |01 back, with rack |06 in engagement with pawl |02; however, on the depression of any numeral key, the face 58 of the corresponding lever 56, Fig. 3, strikes the rear end of a cross-bar |'|3 extending from the arms |01. The cross-bar is positioned so that it is struck by any lever 56 only after the pin 59 is aligned with a concentric slot ||4 in the end of the lever 56. Thus, the differential movement imparted to the arm 65 by the lever 56 is completed before the carriage escapement is eifected.

The carriage is allowed to move one step when the rack |06 moves out of engagement with pawl |02, Fig. 3, into engagement with pawl |03, and

then back to normal position again. The end of pawl |02, Fig. 7, is fixed with respect to horizontal movement along the carriage, but the end Iof pawl |03 is movable by means of a pin,

and slot connection |I5 to the carriage to allow a step of movement of the carriage when a rack tooth comes into engagement with pawl |03.

Adevice isprovided t0 space the carriage one .step when it is desired to move the same without operation of a numeral key. The space key lever ||6, Fig. 10, is pivoted on a fulcrum bracket 51 and has an end ||1 cooperating with the cross-bar ||3 just as a numeral lever cooperates therewith. The dotted line positions of the key shows how the rack |06 is moved forward to allow the carriage 68 to escape when the space keyv is depressed.r

A combination car Yge return and backspacing device is provided to move the carriage to the left, Fig. 7. A lever |8 is pivoted at I9 on a pair of ears extending upwardly from the carriage 68. The end of the lever extends out ofthe case as shown in Fig. 3. If this lever is grasped rmly and urged to the' left, the carriage 68 may be moved along to the desired position.

Whenthe lever ||8 is rocked counterclockwise 'about the pivot ||9, a pawl |20, on an arm I2| secured to the shaft of the lever, engages a tooth on the rack |06 and shoves the carriage 68 one step to the left in a backspacing movement. The pawl |20 is normally held out of engagement with the rack |06 by a pin' |22 on carriage 68, against which pin the pawl is pressed by a spring |23. As the carriage is moved toward the left for back spacing, pawl |02 ratchets over one of the teeth on rack |06 and then holds the carriage in adjusted position when the back space pawl |20 is disengaged.

-The carriage movement may be controlled by a these shafts will also rotate continually, thereby turning the actuating elements of the accumulating devices with which they are related and which are more fully described hereinafter.

At both ends of shaft |10 are clutch devices adapted upon energization of a magnet CFCM, Fig. 14, to form a driving connection at one end t a card feeding device, and energization of magnet PCM, Fig. 1, causes connection to a printing mechanism at the other end. The driving mechanism' is shown in greater detail in Patent No. 2,042,324 mentioned hereinbefore.

A number of can contacts are mentioned hereinafter with reference to the wiring diagram. These contacts are operated by cams on the shaft and the card feed shaft clutched thereto. The CR contacts are operated by cams on the constantly running shaft |10 and the CB contacts are actuated by the card feed shaft only during the-feeding of records.

The regular Hollerith form of perforated record cards are used, with single perforations located differentially to represent a number.

The cards are fed singly, first under an upper set of perforation reading brushes UB, Fig. 14, and then one cycle of operation later, they pass under theI lower set, of brushes LB." As they pass they operate upper and lower card lever contacts to control operation of the machine.

The record card passes under the lower brushes LB in synchronism with the rotation of shaft |18, Fig. 12, so that whenl a perforation is sensed thereby unlatching arm |8| of an assembly pivoted on stud |82 and normally urged counterclockwise by a spring |83. Therefore, when armature |80 releases arm |8|,.the assembly isA rocked slightly in a counterclockwise direction. The assembly includes a pair of upwardly extending parallel arms |84 and |85 in the upper ends of which is fixed a rod |86. A sleeve `|81 carryinga pair of pinions |88 and |88 ls free to rotate on rod |86. These pinions serve to connect the driving means to the accumulating gear.

In Fig. 12, two complete adding units are shown mounted on a common plate |80. The lower unit is similar in structure to the upper unit and is illustratedwith several parts removed to more readily convey an understanding of the operation of the accumulating devices.

The pinion |89 is constantly in mesh with an accumulating wheel gear |8| which is loose on a stud |92 on plate |90. The other pinion |88 is aligned to mesh with an actuating gear |83 whenever the assembly is carried to the -left. Gear |93 is loosely pivoted on stud |92 and is attached to a driving gear |94 which is in mesh with gear |19 which, as already explained, is mounted on the constantly turning shaft |18.

With the above-described construction in mind, the differential operation of the accumulator may be understood. When the sensing brush encounters a hole in the record car,'magnet AM is energized, armature |80 releases arm |8| permitting the assembly to rock until arm |84 rests against stop |85. This movement of the assembly engages pinion |88 with ygear |83 and adapts the pinionv to rotate in synchronism with said gear, thereby causing pinion |89 and accumulating gear |9| to rotate also in synchronism therewith. The rotation continues until the zero point in the cycle when a projection |96 on a constantly running cam |91 strikes the finger |98 projecting from the upper end of arm |84, thereby rocking the pinion assembly clock.- wise, disengaging the pinion |88 from gear |83, and permitting armature |80 tolatch arm |8| again. The accumulator gear |9| is proportioned to represent four series of digits so` that one quarter of a revolution of the gear is a complete adding cycle of ten units of movement.

The accumulator unit is adapted to start to rotate at different times in the cycle depending on when the impulse is received from the card sensing brush, and the rotation of the accumulator gear is interrupted at a fixed point in the cycle by cam projection |96, thereby rotating the accumulating gear an amount proportional to the value of the digit represented by the perforation in the record card.

After the adding portion o f the machine cycle is completed, there may still remain a transferring or carrying operation to be performed.

That is to say, if any accumulator wheel has been turned to, or through, zero during the adding portion of the cycle, it is necessary to advance one or more adjoining higher order wheels one step in order to show a correct result. If the next higher order wheel or wheels register a digit 9, it is necessary to advance all said wheels one step as well as,advancing the first wheel to the left of the 9 wheels.

Fastened to each accumulating gear |9|, Fig. 12, is a disk |99, Fig. 12A. The gear and disk are proportioned so as to make only one fourth of a revolution for each ten digits or steps of accumulating movement. Associated with each disk |89 is a lever 200 pivoted at 20| andV having a finger 202 urged by spring 203 to bear on the periphery of the disk. While the disk |89 is registering the digits 1 to 8'inclusive,nger 202 rests on a. concentric portion of the periphery, but when the vdisk registers 9, the finger drops into a notch 204. When the disk turns still further to l0 or 0, a cam point 205 forces lever 200 to the position shown in Fig. 12A where it is held by a latch 206 engaging a catch plate 201 on lever 200. Latch 206 is pivoted at 208 and drawn towards latching position by a spring 209.

Mounted on an insulating block on the left end of lever 200 is a brush 2|0 carrying a wire which serves to connect it to the electric circuit `insulated from the machine and wired to the' machine circuit. I

Extending from the periphery of ring 2|3 are four equally spaced contact projections. The

two diametrically opposed projections 2|1 are ar- `ranged to contact With brush 2|0 and the other two projections 2|8 in another plane are located to contact with brush 2| The transferring devices are arranged so that if an accumulator gear moves to or through 0 during adding operation, the brush 2|0 is moved to contact a projection 2| 1 and direct an impulse throughplate 2|6 to the magnet AM of the next higher order. Should an accumulator disk be registering 9" when such an impulse is initiated,

the brush 2|| is in position to contact projection 2|8, and the impulse is carried through brush 2|I, ring 2|3 and plate 2I6 to the still higher orden The transferring impulses are initiated near the end of of the adding cycle, after cam |96 passes finger |98. "If a transfer impulse is di rected through a magnet AM, the pinion v|88 again engages gear |93 and is cammed out by cam point 2|9 after moving one step. At the end of each adding cycle, a constantly running can'i 228 operates latch 266 to release lever 200 if it should be latched up. The transfer operation is then` complete and thev accumulator is ready to begin another cycle. The transferring control is described further hereinafter with reference to the wiring diagram in Fig. 14.

The machine contains devices for printing the data accumulated. When such printing opera- Ytion is desired a printer clutch magnet PCM,

Fig. 1, is energized. This magnet operates an armature lath arm 22| which then releases a pawl 222A and connects the printer driving gear,

223 to the rotating shaft. |18. The gear 223 meshes with an idler gear 224 which in turn meshes with another gear 225 on 'the printer drive shaft 226. ,The printer shaft carries a number of cams for operating the printing mechanism.`

A pair of complemental cams 221 and 2 28 `cooperate with a two armed lever 229 pivoted-at 238 and connected by link 23d to an arm 232 fastened to shaft-233. Turning to Fig. 13 it is noted that shaft 233 operates a bail 234 comprising arms 235 by means of links 236 articulated to the'v arms and levers 231 fastened to shaft 233. The cross bar of the bail cooperates with a series of levers 238, one for each order, pivotedat 239: At the other end each lever carries a type bar 248 with the type 24|` restoring levers 238 into cooperation with bail 234 as it is raised. i

The bail 234 is moved in synchronism with the feeding of the record card so that if a perforation appears in'any column on the card, the related type bar may be stopped in av position to print a character representing the perforation. a

The type bars 240 are' stopped or located under control of printingv magnets PM, Fig. 13, During listing, at the same time that an impulse is directed through the adding magnet AM, another impulse'is sent through magnet PM which then attracts an armature 243 which pulls call wire 244, releasing latch 245 and allowing a pawl 246 to drop into a certain oneof the series of notches 241 in a block on type bar 248. 'I'hus each type bar is positioned under control of the perforated record to present the proper type 24| opposite Springs 242 urge thethe platen 248. The pawl 246 and the latch 245%() 'are restored by bails 251 and 258, respectively,

which are rocked late in the operating cycle.

As each type bar rises, a pin 249 thereonmoves away from a lever 250 allowing it to rock counterclockwise about a pivot 25| onthe hammer retaining member 252. The front end of lever 25|) is shaped as a hook and adapted to engage bail 253 which then pulls member 252 oil a shoulder onl hammer 254 and allows the same to rock on shaft 255 and strike a type 24| under the propulsion of spring 256. The recordis irnstead of the card sensing brushes.

and connected by-a link 26| to an Varm 262 on shaft 263 which carries aftwo-arnied leverl 264, Fig. 13. The lever carries a pair of rollers which cooperate with .cams 265 and 266on shaft 226.. Late in the printing cycle, the hammers, are restored through the connections noted. At the same time the bail 253, Fig. 13, isk restored "by a link 261, Fig. .1, connected at one end to bell crank 268 and articulated at the other end on an arm 268 fastA to shaft 269 which carries the arms 210 of bail 253. Early inthe operation, the bail is operated bythe same connections to release .the hammers for striking as noted` hereinbefore.

The machine may be conditioned to take a.

total by energizing magnet 'IM by hand upon.

manipulation of a total key, or automatically upon group changes under control of aform of .group control devices described hereinafter with reference to the wiring diagram.

When the total taking devices are operated certain contacts are shifted to connect the printing/magnets to accumulator reading brushes in- On totals, the magnets AM are energized early in the operating cycle to engage pinions |88, Fig. 12, with driv ving gears |93 and start the accumulator gears |9| rotating. Secured to each accumulator gear.

synchronism with.the rotation of commutators 21|, when animpulse is .carried through the brushes 213 to thel related printing magnets PM, the bars are stopped in positions to 'present the proper type 24| for printing' a. number equal to the .total amount read oi! the accumulator.

Devices are provided to disengage the pinion |88, Fig. 12, when'the accumulator wheel reachesA the zero position, so that the accumulator is cleared and ready for the entry of a new series of items.

The spring |83 tends to rock the assembly comprising arms,| \84 AVand |85 in a counterclockwise direction during'iitem entering. The end of the spring is urged in such a direction by a ful-.

crum block 214 under the spring. This block is part of an arm 2-15 pivoted at 218 and having a stud 211 and a projection 218. The arm 215 is heid up. by a link 21s which is sinned to receive stud 211. lThe link is held in position through connection 284 by a lever 286 pivoted at,

28| and cooperating with a shoulder on a notched shaft 282. The shaft 282 maintains the position it is shown in on Fig. y 12 during item entering operations. When a total is to be taken, the shaft is released to assumel the dotted line position 283. 'I'hen the lever 288, link 219 and arm 215 are released, thev fulcrum block 214 is not supported throughout the operation by link 219, but depends on the support of a latch -285 which engages under projection 218 and holds up the arm 215. l

The latch 285 is pivoted at 286and is formed with an upper actuating arm 281 which cooperates with any one of four came ons 288 on a cam secured to accumulator Se f |9| and commutator 21|. As the accumulator gear reaches a zero position the extension 288 rocks latch 285 in a clockwise direction, releasing arm 215, lowering fulcrum block 214 to rest on the lower arm 289 of the assembly and allowing leaf spring of contacts BKC3.

comprising arm 29|, link 292, Fig. l, and arm 293, shaft 291, arm 294 and link 295, Fig. 13. Link 295 is normally held out Of operative position by the armature 296 of paper feed magnet PF. When the magnet is energized, the link is allowed to lower so that a notch therein engages a stud 298 on an oscillating lever 299 pivoted at 300 and operated by cam 30|. At the proper time the lever 299 reciprocates link 295 and thereby, through the connections pointed out above, shifts the platen to feed the paper. The link 295 is restored by lever 302 operated by pin 303cm gear |89.

After a data setting is made on the keyboard shown in Figs. 3, '7 and 8, a balance key 304, Figs. l, '7 and 8, isI operated to enterI the data in the tabulating mechanism. The devices operated under control of the balance key are best shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bottom of the balance key 304, Fig. 1, is pivotally connected to an arm 305 of a lever pivoted at 301 on a-bracket 306. to a link 309 the other end of which is connected to a clutch latch 3|0, Fig.`2, pivoted at 3|3. When the balance key is depressed the link'809 Another arm 308 of the lever is attached is moved to the left and latch 3|0 releases a clutch pawl 3|| which then engages a notched disk 3|2 on the shaft 226.

rThe pawl 3H is pivotally mounted at 3|4 on a plate 3| 5 secured to a cam 3|6 all of which are loosely mounted on shaft 22E. is turned in synchronism with the raising of the type bars and the turning of the accumulator driving gears, and forms the mounting for an impulse emitter 3H, Fig. 14, which is described hereinafter. Therefore, when clutch pawl 3|| locks with disk 3|2, the cam 3|6 is connected to move in synchronism with the tabulating mechanism.

The cam 3i6, Fig. 2, cooperates with a roller 318 on an arm 3|9 pivoted on shaft 89, Fig. l,

' and connected to the levers 88 formingv a frame i for the conducting bars 81, Fig. 3. At the proper time a rise on cam 3|B lifts arm 3|9 and rocks levers 88 counterclockwise, Fig. 3, placing the bars in touch with contacts 83 and 84, ready for the directing of timed impulses through bars 81, members 82, strips 8S and thence through the accumulating magnets AM. The levers 88 are allowed to move again to inoperative position after data entry, by a drop on cam 3|8. A spring. 320 keeps the arm 3|9 in cooperation with the cam.

When the latch 3|0 is moved to the left, Fig. 2, by link 309, it is held in that position by a lever 32|, the end of which engages a shoulder 322 cut in the latch. The lever 32| is pivoted at 323 on a bracket 324 and is urged into cooperation with latch 3|0 by a spring 325 on the bracket. Near the end of a cycle of operation,

`a pin 328 on plate 3 5 strikes lever 32| and moves This shaft tion to catch the end 321 of pawl 3|| as it finishes one complete revolution. The shoulder 328 on latch 3|0 first engages pawl 3|| to rock it away from disk 3|2. Then an extension 829 on plate 3|5 is stopped by the shoulder 328 and held up by a pawl 330 on latch 3 0..

When the latch 3 I0 moves to the left it serves to actuate contacts for controlling various functions associated .with balance entering operations. An insulation block 33| is secured to the latch 3|0 and has an end cooperating with one The block also has a shoulder 332 cooperating with the ends of two contacts BKCI and BKC2. As the latch moves to the left, contact BKC3 is opened and contacts BKCI and BKC2 are closed for purposes which are fully described hereinafter with reference to the wiring diagram.

In Fig. 11 there is shown a contact closing control device which cooperates with a series of contacts PB. These contacts are held open to prevent back circuits when impulses are directed through the accumulator magnets AM on carrying and balance entering operations. The contacts are opened by frame 333 carrying a series of insulation bars 334 which cooperate with the ends of leaf springs 335 forming part of contacts PB. The frame is supported on the ends of two swinging arms 336 and 331, the latter of which is fastened to a cam follower lever 338 on shaft 339. The lever 338 carries a roller 340 in touch with a cam 34| on the continually rotating shaft |13. During the portion of the cycle that impulses are carried to the accumulator magnets from the card reading brushes, cam 34| presents a depression to roller 340, allowing frame 333 to shift to the left under the urging of spring 342 and permitting contacts PB to close. When the transferring or carrying portion of the item entering cycle is reached thecam acts to operate the lever 338,thus shifting the frame 333 to the left and opening contacts PB.

When a balance entering operation is initiated, the contacts PB are held open to prevent an improper direction of the impulses sent out by the emitter. These holding devices comprise a magnet CBCM which, when energized by depression of the balance key, acts to attract its armature 343, moving the same until a hooked end 344 thereon overlies a projection 345 on lever 338'. Thus, the lever is prevented from following the depression in cam 34|, and contacts PB are held opened. A spring 346 restores the armature against stop 341 when the magnet is deenergized.

Referring now to the wiring diagram in Fig. 14, the operation of electrical controls in the ma.- chine may be described` The closing of a switch at PS sends current around through the two main lines 348, 349 and energizes the motor M.

When the start key ST is depressed contacts K, K2 will be closed. This will close a circuit from the line 348 through contacts K2, Wire 350, card feed clutch magnet CFCM, contacts TS1 normally closed, contacts HTSI normally closed, contacts KI now closed, stop key contacts K3 normally closed, Wire 35| and wire 352 to the line 349. The energization of the card feed clutch magnet CFCM will cause cards to be fed through the machine. When the cards engage card lever UCLI, contacts 353 and 354 will be closed and contacts 355 will be opened. The start key ST may then be released and the card feed circuit will continue to ilow from the line 348 through wire 356, then through contacts 354 and 353, Wire 8 ,l 881, wire 358, card feed magnet CFCM, contacts TS1, contacts HTSI, contacts CFCI which have now been closed .by the card feed clutch, then through stop key contacts K3, wires 83|, 352 and backk to the line. Between cards the contacts 383, 384 will open. Contacts CBI vare timed to close at this time so thatthe card feed circuit will pass from wire 888 through contacts CBI to wire 388 and through magnet CFCM, etc.

Card feeding will thus continue and the machine will operate to accumulate and to list the amounts being accumulated, if desired, on a listing sheet.

When the machine is set to take `a. total, the

contacts TS1, which are controlled by magnet TM along with total contacts' TS, will be opened tol prevent restarting of the card feed while totaling.

If listingl is to be eiected, the switch S4 is closed. Now when the LCLI contacts are closed by the cards actuating the lower card lever associated with the contacts, current will pass from line 348 through wire 358, printing clutch magnet PCM, switch S4, contacts LCLI, contacts HTSI, contacts CFCI, K3 and wires 35|, 352to the line 348. After the cards have all' run through the machine, card lever contacts LCLI and UCLI will operate, contacts 363; 354 will open and contacts 355will close. Magnet CFCM will become deenergized and card feeding will cease. The

printing magnet PCM will also be deenergized by the opening of LCLI and CFCI. When the total key T is pressed to take a total, contacts TSB will close to reenergize the printing clutch magnet PCM so that the total may be printed.

\ Assuming cards to be "feeding through the machine, the cards rst pass under the upper -brushes UB and then under the lower brushes LB. While a card is under the brushes LB the then through a wire to contacts PB now closed,

through magnet AM to the other side of the line m. e

The energization of magnet AM as we have seen in connection with Fig. l2 causes the accumulator gear I3I to commence to turn tov ac-l l cumulate. It commences to turn at a point' in the cycle. when a perforation passes under the brush LBand ceases to rotate when the cam point |88 causes the' pinion |88 to become disengaged from gear |88.v Thus the amount represented by the position of the perforation is accumulated inthe adding gear |8I. The circuit through the brush LB also eiects printing through the following circuit: from the plug if the accumulator wheel I8| of any order passes from nine to zero during an adding operation it will cause the brush 2 I II, Fig. 12A, to rock into position to be later engaged by the projection 2|1 on commutator ring` 2I-3 as already described.

Afterthe'accumulator gears have been disengaged the contacts CB2, Fig. 14, are closed moment, a circuit will be closed at this moment from the line 348, through Wire 384, contacts CB2, wire365, brush 2I8, commutator ring 2| 3, brush 2|8wire 388 to magnet AM of the next higher order and then back to the line 348.

Thus the accumulator gear of the next higher order will be actuated one step after the cam point |96 has moved the pinion|88 out of mesh.

As soon as a unit has been rolled into the wheels, the cam point 2I9 will cam the pinion |88 out again so that the accumulator gear wheel I9I again stops having received an additional one. If any accumulator wheel is standing at nine when anadditional one is added to it, we have noted that its brush 2l I, Fig. 12A Will be in position to be engaged by the commutator ring 2I3. This engagement also takes place during the moment that the lcontacts CB2, Fig. 14, are closed. Thus when current passes from the brush 2I8 to AWire 366 it will also pass on to brush 2| I, commutator ring 2I3 of the next higher order, then to brush 2I6 of that order and out to the next wire 361 and on to the adding magnet AM of the still higher order to cause a unit to be added to said order. Thus if the accumulator wheel of the tens order is standing at'nine at the end of an accumulating operation, and the wheels of the units vorder passes from nine to zero, a unit will becarried into the accumulator wheel of the tens order and through the brush 2II of the tens order into the accumulator wheel of the hundreds order.

, To take a total, the total key T is depressed closing contacts K4.

tion to an. opened or closed condition when the magnet TM is energized. 'I'he total contact shiftsocket J3, through cable-38| to contacts TSC normallyclosed, printingmagnet PM, bus bar 382 and wire 888'to the other side'oi' the line 348.

The energization of printing magnet PM, as described in connection with Fig. 13, controls-the setting of the type carrier 248'to cause printing of the character represented by the position` of the holeinthe'card,.f'

Carrying from one order on the accumulator to the next higher orderv is eifected. asfollows:

ing mechanism is shown in greater detail in the British patent identified hereinbefore.

Contacts CRP-5 and CR-4 are closed momentarily at a definite time after the closing of contacts TSA and a circuit will be set up from the linel 348, wire 368, through contacts TSS, contactsA CRP-Sand CR-4, wire 369, contacts TSA now closed, cable 310, contacts PB, accumulator magnet AM and backto the line 348. This takes place at a time in the operation of the machine corresponding toone step prior to the time that the nine positions on the card would pass under the brushes LB. The accumulatorsv are then all thrown into mesh for operation and will turn through ten steps or, in other words, each wheel-will turn to add the value ten unless interrupted at an intermediate point. While the accumulating wheels are thus turning, a circuit is adapted to be closed from the line 348, through contacts, TSS, through contacts CRP-2 and Cit-8, and wire 31| to a brush in each set` of brushes 213. Each accumulator gear has a com-v mutator 21| which is secured to it and turns therewith. When a contact spot 212 reaches a positionbridging brushes 213, the circuit will continue through spot 212, cable 312, through contacts TSB now closed, magnet PM and back to the line 349. The energization of the printing magnets will set the respective type bars for printing the total. An extra printing magnet TPM may be used to print a total sign during listing operations at which time a plug wire may be connected between plugs J f4 and J I5. The circuit through magnet TPM may be followed from line 348 through contacts T85, contacts CR2, plug `1||5 and wire to plug J |4, magnet TPM and wire 363 to line 348. 'This sign may be omitted when printing a total during tabulating operations.

The vposition atY which a type bar is set will correspond to the value contained in the respec tive accumulator unit so that the type-bars will thus print the value contained in the accumulator. The accumulator gears will be demeshed at the zero position, the grooved bar 282 of Fig. l2 having released the lever 288 to permit the gears |88 to be cammed and-latched out, so that the accumulators will be cleared and ready for a new accumulating operation. v

\ 1f it is desired tol re-introduce the total printed into the accumulator for progressive totaling, the

accumulator gears |9| are permitted to turn through ten steps of adding movement before they arey demeshed. This brings them back to the same relative positions they occupied before the total cycle was initiated. Devicesfor securing such a progressive total are shown and described in Patent No. 1,939,077, issued December l2, 1933, to A. W. Mills.

At the end of ten steps of movement the cam 596 engages the arm |98 and throws pinion |88 out of mesh with driving gear |93. During such movement in total taking, the notched shaft 282 may be latched against rocking, so that the accumulators will not be separated from the driving gears at the zero position, but will continue to turn until they have turned a distance equal to the value ten, and thus will have returned to the amount registering position.

A platen feed mechanism is provided to feed the record paper before printing in both listing and total taking operations. The platen feed magnet PF, Fig. 14, when energized acts to clutch the platen spacer to the driving mechanism. The circuit through the magnet is as follows: line 348, wire 313, magnet PF, contacts P3 closed be fore printing, contacts BKC3 closed when not entering balances, and wire 314 to line 349.

.As the record cards pass in succession ,under the upper and lower brushes, each card is compared with the following -card to detect a change in group number so that the machine may then be stopped or a total be'taken. Thegroup control devices include a number oi' magnets GCM, each wired in series between corresponding upper and lower sensing brushes. The circuit through one of the magnets may be traced from line 349, contacts TSS, common contact brush 315, roller 318, an upper brush UB reaching through a perforation in a record card, plug wire 311, magnet GCM, plug wire 318, lower brush LB, roller 368, brush 358, contacts CB3 and' contacts LCL2 to line 348. As long as coinciding periorations appear in the group number columns on successive cards, the magnets GCM are energized during the card reading cycle. Each magnet cooperates with a contactGCC which is closed when the magnet is energized. The contacts are connected in series so that the opening of any one oi.' the contacts breaks the circuit which controls total taking. y

If the cards agree in group number and all contacts GCC are closed a circuit is completed from line 348, wires 352, 35| and 318, contacts CR-I, wire 388, contacts GCC, wire 38|, switch SI, upper and lower contacts 353 and 354 and wire 355 to line 348. When the cards disagree as to group number, one or more of the contacts GCC open and the circuit is diverted through magnet TM or magnet HTS according to the setting oi' switch S3. When a contact GCC is closed by an energized magnet GCM tripping a latch associated therewith, the contact is held closed until the end of a cycle when all contacts are again opened and relatched by a positive means. For a detailed showing of the group control contact tripping and restoring mechanism, reference may be made to the British patent mentioned hereinbefore. A

Ii' the switchv S3 is positioned as shown, the machine is conditioned to take a total automatically, and magnet TM is adapted to be energized by a circuit from line 349, wires 352 and 35|, wire 319, contacts CR-I, magnet TM, switch S3, wire 382, switch SI, contacts 354, and wire 358 to line 348. The magnet TM, when energized, operates various contacts and devices as noted here'inbefore to print a record of the total. Card feeding is automatically restarted by the closing of contacts P2 by the printing operation.

I! the switch S3 is positioned to contact the spot H, the machine is conditioned to be stopped when the magnet HTS is energized on a group change. Then a hand operated total may be taken. The circuit through the hand-total stop,

ping magnet HTS may be traced from line 348, wires 352 and 35|, wire 319, contacts CR-i, wire 380, magnet HTS, switch S3, wire 382, switch Si, contacts 354 and wire 358 to line 348. The magnet HTS then attracts the armature 383 which contacts HTSIv closed. These contacts are in iine with the print clutch magnet PCM and card feed clutch magnet CFCM so that when they are opened by the movement of armature 383,

the magnets are deenergized and the machine stops., It is then ready for the taking of a hand total by the depression of key T with the results noted hereinbeiore. The contacts HTSI are restored late in the total printing cycle by a cam 384 on printing shaft 228.

A printed record of the group number of each card is made as the record cards pass through the machine. In order that the operator may identify an incoming group of cards before the same cards are entering amounts under the lower brushes, the printing of the group numbers is'controlled from the upper brushes. Therefore, when the machine is stopped by a group change, a card of the used group has passed under the iower brushes and a card of an unused group has passed under the upper brushes. Then the group number and corresponding ledger number of the incoming group may be noted and the particular old balance amount of said ledger account may be entered before the new items areaddedthereto. The circuit for printing group numbers maybe followed in Fig. 14 fromline 349, through contacts TS8, common brush 315, roller 316, upper brush'UB, plug wire 385, plug socket J|3, numeral printing magnet NPM, bus bar 388, switch S5, wire 381, contacts CB|| closed while thefv index points on the card are being read, contacts UCL1 closed immediately after a. card appears under the upper brushes, and wire 388 to line 348. A number of such magnets NPM may be connected to the upper brushes.

A magnet UPM may be used for group number printing by inserting the end of a plug wire such as wire 385 into the Jack JIIA and breaking the connection to the total and item printing contacts TSB and TSC. The same magnet may be used for regular item and total printing by leaving thev jack JISA closed as shown and moving the switch S to connect the magnet to bus bar 362 and line 349. The magnets NPM, UPS: and TPM have the same form of connectio and exercise the same sort of control over the printing mechanism as that exercised by the ordinary print magnet PM (Fig. 13).-

The machine may be stopped after any regular cycle (usually afterV a total taking cycle) and then the balance key BL may be operated to initiate adata entering cycle to enter the data set up on the keyboard into thetabulator.

Three contacts are operated when the balance key is depressed. The contacts BKCI are closed to energize the printer clutch magnet PCM. The contacts BKC2 are closed to energize the contact operating magnet CBCM and the contacts BKCI are opened to'deenergize the paper feeding magnet PF.

The circuit through magnet CBCM runs ,from

` line 349, wire 380, magnet CBCM, contacts BKCZ,

assunse accumulator. Then two more items amounting to $700.00 are added and printedmaking a total contacts CRf-B and wire 388 to line 340. Then the contacts PB, are held open, as explained in connection with Fig. 11, to prevent back circuits during a balance entering operation.

Depression of the balance key BL also causes the contactstrips 88 and 01, Fig. 3, to be moved into contact with the settable conducting member 02 as explained with reference to the clutch l:

mechanism in Figs. l an'd 2. The machine is then conditioned to accumulate under control "of the impulses sent out by emitter 311 and selected by the setting of members l2. The wiring of the balance entering devices may be traced from line 340 to the emitter brush 390 on a common contact ring 39|, then through the ring and a moving contact spot 392 to the ten brushes 393 in succession. wires to bars 01. member 82 placed to contact a certain bar 01 and select a certain -timed impulse, contact strip 06, cable 304 and through accumulating magnet AM to the other side of the line 349. As ,the balance entering operation is completed the strips 05 are moved away from members I2 and the emitter is disabled until the next entering operation is initiated by operating the keyboard. The amounts entered in this way may be recorded by taking Y a total or a progressive total after the balance entering cycle. Such an operation may be useful in printing an old balance on the first line of a new ledger sheet.

The record sheets shown in Fig. A6 are printed under control of the tabulating machine. The narrow strip 395 carries the record of group numbers'of a series of ledger account entries. The otherv record sheet 390 is used to hold a record of the date, identification. and amount of each item. The sheet. is shown as holding ledger account #1524. The date and alphabetical printing 'may be accomplished under control of devices such Vas those set forth in my Patent No. 1,926,883. L

The sheet is started without any old balance brought forward from a previous sheet. The first two items amounting to $350.00 are recorded the first time the sheet is presentin the'tabuiating machine. Before the second set of entries are printed lon the sheet, the balance entry keyof $1050.00 which is recorded on line 4 ofthe ledger sheet. Ihe sheet may then be removed and items entered on other sheets before ledger sheet 1524 is again called. for by the operator. The operator is apprised of the identification of the items by reading theledger numbers or group numbers printed on strip 395. The first two ledger numbers lare recorded as entries are made in account #1310. The second number is printed as the last item in the 1310 account is entered. It is a sign to the operator that the next series of items relate to account #1470. After entering three series of items in ledger 1470, the entry of the last item is accompanied with the printing of 1524 under control oi' the first `card of the incoming group, which card then passed under the upper brushes as explained hereinbefore.

The operator then inserts the ledger sheet 39B mentioned above. It is noted'that the balance or total of the previous entries amount'to $1050.00. i

This amount is set up on the keyboard and the balance key is depressed. thereby entering the thereon. The four items relating to ledger 1524 are added and printed on sheet 398. As the last item is entered, a group change occurs. a new group number 1600 is printed, and a total taking operation is initiated. I'he amount of the balance $1050.00, plus the four items equal to $1250.00, results in the printing of the total $2300.00 and the clearing of the accumulator ready for another set of entries.

If desired, the strip l may be integral with the ledger sheets 396, or rather the group numbers may be printed on a wider ledger sheet. When recording in this way, the printed group numbers may always be compared with the ledger identification of the item entries. Of course the group number printed at the foot of a series of item entries will always differ from the other group numbers relating to the ledge sheet. This last number informs the operator of the identiiication ofthe next ledger sheet to be handled. p

When using a separate strip 395 it is apparent that this strip may be removed every time a ledger sheet is taken out of the machine. Since both the strip and the sheet are held around the same platen 248 ey will be fed together. Upon inserting a led er sheet, the strip may be fed along therewithso that a clear space is presented at the printing line'.

A better way to handle the ledger sheets is made possible by the use of the well known'pressure roller release.- VIf it isvdesired to remove one ledger sheet and insert another without disturbing the strip, this may be done by'- operating the 'pressure roller release to open the feed devices for removal and insertion of ledger sheets.

While an admirable example-is shown and described in pointing out the fundamental novel features of the invention, it willbe understood that various omissions, substitutions and changes in the form and details of the illustrated device board is operated to add the amount 350 in the of manipulative digit keys comprising a ten key keyboard, a series of slide one for each denominational order, a common adjusting means under control of-the keys for adjusting the slides dif-V ferentially one by one as the keys are operated, .means associated with said adjusting means for coordinating the successively operated keys with the diilerent slides, detents for holding said slides in adjusted position, an impulse emitter common to said series of slides, a series ol conductors connected to said emitter, and contacts moved by said slides to cooperate with various conductors, whereby said slides select impulses representative of an amount.

2. In va machine oi'- the class described, electrical devices for controlling machine operation by electrical impulses, a sexies of adjustable denomination slides for varying the operation of said devices, a common lever for adjusting said.

slides, a carriage carrying said lever from slide to slide, an escapement mechanism for regulating the movement of said carriage, and a group of keys, and operating means for the lever and escapement mechanism under control of the keys any one of which may be manipulated to operate vsaid lever and said mechanism whereby said slides are set to represent selected data.

3. In a machine of the class described, a group of keys, one for each digit, a frame cooperating with said keys, means under control of said keys for operating said frame, differentially according to the key manipulated, a lever operated by said frame, a series of denomination slides adapted to be adjusted by said lever, a carriage carrying said lever from one slide to the next slide on each operation ofthe keys, a series of conducting bars, a plurality of contacts one on each slide and adjusted thereby to close a circuit with one of said series of bars, and means for directing differentially timed impulses through said bars to control the machine.

4. In a machine of the class described, a group of manipulative keys, a series of slides, means under control of the keys for adjusting the slides, detents for holding said slides in adjusted position, a bail for releasing all of said detents, an actuator for releasing a selected one of said detents, links for connecting said detents with said bail and said actuator, manipulative means for disconnecting any of said links to maintain the setting of certain of said slides, and electrical connections established by the setting of said slides to represent an amount, whereby repeated readings of said settable slides may be taken through said electrical connections.

5. In a machine of the class described, a keyboard for setting up an amount, contact devices, means under control of said keyboard for adjusting said contact devices, conducting bars normally out of contact with said devices, a driving mean-s, a means for moving said conducting bars into contact with said devices, a balance entry key, means under control of said key for connecting said moving means with the driving means, an accumulator, means for operating said accumulator, a. Acommon impulse emitter connected to all of said bars, and means under control of the impulses through the bars selected bythe adjusted, contact devices for controlling said operating means to add the amount set up on the keyboard in said accumulator.

6. In a machine of the class describeda group of numeral keys, a series of slides, means under control of the keys for adjusting the slides, individual detents for holding said slides in adjusted position, a bail for releasing said deten separate links for connecting said detents with said bail, manipulative means for disconnecting any of said links to maintain the setting of cer-l tain of said slides, and electrical connections established by the setting of said slides to represent an amount, whereby repeated readings of said adjusted slides may be taken through said electrical connections.

'7. In a machine of the class described, a group of numeral keys, a series of slides, means under control of the keys for adjusting the slides, individual detents for holding said slides in adjusted position, a bail for releasing said detents, separate Alinks for connecting said detents with said bail, a release actuator placed between a selected one of said links and said bail, means for operating said bail a differential amount to release only that detent associated with the actuator and the selected links, and other means for operating said bail a differential amount ,to release all detents, whereby said slides can-be set to represent data and released for'correction.

8. In a machine controlled by a single group of ten digital keys for setting one digit at a time, a plurality of rack slides, an operating lever common to said slides, means under control of said keys for adjusting the lever, said lever being adjusted differentially by said keys to adjust said slides, means for connecting said lever with said slides seriatim, contacts on said slides, an impulse emitter, an accumulator, a series of contact bars selectively connected between said accumulator and said emitter by said slide contacts to direct certain impulses from the emitter to the accumulator to control it to add the amount set up by the keys, means for automatically moving said series of bars into contact with said slide contacts, and means for initiating operation of said moving means.

9. In a machine of the class described, a group of keys comprising a ten key keyboard, a series of slides one for each denominational order, a common adjusting means under control of the keys for adjusting the slides differentially one by one as the keys are operated, means associated with said adjusting means for coordinating the successively operated keys with the diierent slides, means for holding said slides in adjusted position, an impulse emitter common to said series of slides, contacts controlled by said slides, a series of conductors connected to said emitter and normally out of cooperation with said contacts, a driving means, means for moving said conductors into cooperation with the adjusted contacts, a number entry key, means under control of said key for connecting said moving means with the driving means, and an accumulator connected to said contacts and controlled by impulses through said conductors to add the amounts set up by said keys.

10. In a machine of the class described, an accumulator, means for operating said accumulator, a series of adjustable denominational slides, contacts on said slides for conducting impulses to control the operation of said accumulator, electrical control devices cooperating with said contacts for controlling said operating means to enter numbers in said accumulator, conducting 

